Robert Okaji: Scarecrow Votes
I am no citizen, but here I reside in the fields
among my dark friends. We’ve laughed
together, but they will not miss me. One day
I’ll vanish without ceremony, tossed into a
rubbish heap, or burned. My absence will harm
no one. Even ripped away, existence denied,
circumstance denigrated, no tears will fall and
the crows will continue. But can a young bird
stolen from its mother thrive? How do we justify
such action? What logic requires that the weakest,
least harmful, be severed from their families in the
guise of security? Crush the nest, then incinerate it.
Vilify the victim. Spread falsehoods, repeat the lies.
Cut their wings. Cage them. Prohibit touch. They
serve no purpose, are less than human. Is this your
truth, your legacy? Your desire? I am no man, but I
stand in these fields, listening, singing. My voice,
swelling through the wind-blown grain, expands
across the plains, casts my vote with every gust,
acknowledging humanity, asking: where is yours?
Copyright 2018 Robert Okaji
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Moving words.
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Powerful words. What frightens me more or less daily is not Trump alone but what created and sustains him.
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Perfect, O!
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His humanity is nowhere – he is void – but while he himself would never “get this”, it speaks for those of us blessed with some level of compassion and sensibility – those of us horrified by what can happen in our “field” without our consent.
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You weave these words so well! As I absorb his spewed poison, I am often speechless. Your words encourage me to land my words. Thank you.
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Thanks, Berna. We may lack power and money, but we have words.
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Powerful, Bob!
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Thank you, Lynne.
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One cannot, yet fear and ignorance elected that sociopath, and he is one that lashes out the more he is cornered.
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And he’s too dangerous to ignore.
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Scarecrow knows there is no justification. Why don’t we?
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How could any non-sociopath support such a policy? Fear and ignorance fueled by greed should not guide our actions.
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One cannot, yet fear and ignorance elected that sociopath, and he is one that lashes out the more he is cornered.
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